NEFFA Aniela Hoitink After she completed Fashion Design at the Utrecht School of Arts (1999), Aniela worked for various fashion companies (i.a. Tommy Hilfiger, Gaastra) gaining a wealth of experience in developing artworks and all-over patterns as well as in designing entire collections. Aniela launched Neffa in 2004, as a way to better express her creativeness. The name Neffa means net effe anders in Dutch, wanting to do things just that bit differently. Aniela believes that distinctiveness and individuality in people and materials are the elements that make the world a special place. Textile innovation, but just that bit different, is what Neffa is all about. Through a multi- and interdisciplinary way of working, by altering or adding properties to textile and studying the different aspects (colour change, growth, nurture) of the skin we are researching how textile and clothes will act in the future. Neffa is interested in mimicking the skin and all its dynamic, changeable and living aspects. Like the skin is taking care of us, textiles could be taking care of us. Our skin is responding to the way we are and feel, what we do and how we behave. So each textile will act differently based on the wearer, because we all have a different skin. This makes our skin the ultimate form of personalisation. Aniela helps companies, research institutes and universities with the integration of their (bio) technology into textile prototypes and designs to make them more appealing for a specific target group or a wider audience. Personalisation is also important here, both in prototyping and concept development as well as in the cooperation itself. Her extensive background in the commercial fashion industry helps in translating (bio) technology onto the market. She is available for brainstorming, consultation, research, (material) development and prototyping. She also initiates her own projects and gives inspiring presentations to a very diverse range of audiences from fashion to creative industries and science. Her work is featured in TV programs like Groen Licht, Een vandaag and NOS dag van de duurzaamheid, various magazines and websites such as Discovery, Dezeen, Huffington Post and Daily mail and printed publications like NRC, Metro, New scientist and Surface Design Journal. HONOURS & AWARDS 2017 the Smart List: 25 Forward thinkers defining the Future of Fashion (FashNerd) 2017 Green Concept Award: Selection MycoTEX 2017 Look Forward FashionTech Award: Nominee Dynamic skin 2015 LAUNCH Nordic Materials Challenge: Shortlist MycoTEX 2013 LAUNCH Systems Challenge: Shortlist 2012 Accenture Innovation Awards 2012: Finalist "" 2012 TEDx Amsterdam Award 2012: Long list "" 2012 Ideas Waiting to Happen: 1st price "" 2011 Blooom Award: Honourable mention "Sleeping beauty" GRANTS 2017 WEARsustain / H2020 MycoTEX 2017 Plug and Play - Fashion For Good accelerator program MycoTEX 2015/16 Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie Dynamic skin 2015 WORTH Pilot Project / CIP Peplum OLED jacket 2014/15 NWO project Mycelium design Universiteit Utrecht, Officina Corpuscoli, Stichting Mediamatic RESIDENCES 2017 Tribe Against Machine, Lihang workshop - Taiwan / Atayal eyes
2017 Les Moulins de Paillard - France / Anastomosis 2016 Les Moulins de Paillard - France / Woolpunk materials with Ana Pineyro 2015 Les Moulins de Paillard - France / Shielding collar with Barbro Scholz 2014 Les Moulins de Paillard - France / Moving fabrics research RADIO & TV 2017 International exchange Lihang Workshop / TITV 19-08-17 (TW) Zijn schimmels het nieuwe plastic / Groen Licht BNNVARA 13-02-17 MycoTEX / Campustalk 02 Lente 2016 Dag van de Duurzaamheid: MycoTEX / NOS 10-10-16 ARS Electronica / 08-11-16 (AT) Schimmel / Een vandaag 02-05-16 In conversation with Aniela Hoitink / WTIN 29-04-16 (UK) Een jurk van schimmel / BNR Nieuwsradio Eyeopeners 05-04-16 Een jurk van schimmel, het kan / Radio 1 NPO Langs de lijn en omstreken 30-03-16 Wetenschappers en ontwerpers showen schimmeljurk / RTV Utrecht 23-03-16 Zijn schimmels het nieuwe plastic / Kennis van nu 17-03-16 2015 Chameleon mood scarf / N1 biznis 16-07-17 (B-H) Nieuw textiel; is mycelium de toekomst? / Eline Krak [documentary] Bouwmaterialen en kledingstukken straks van schimmel / AT5 RESEARCH PAPERS The beauty and the morbid: fungi as source of inspiration in contemporary art. Corrado Nai and Vera Meyer 2016 https://fungalbiolbiotech.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40694-016-0028-4 Al dente textiles. Notes on edible textiles as economic and ecological intermediality. Tincuta Heinzel, Svenja Keune, Sarah Walker and Just Peciulyte 2016 Growing materials for product design. Serena Camere and Elvin Karana 2017 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/serena_camere/publication/319355171_growing_materials_for_pro duct_design/links/59a6c6fea6fdcc61fcfbbae7/growing-materials-for-product-design.pdf PUBLICATIONS 2017 Textielonderzoekster experimenteert met schimmels en algen / Flanders DC 05-10-17 (BE) Mode als verlengstuk van het menselijke lichaam / Flander DC 13-09-17 (BE) When everything old is new again / Taipei Times 03-09-17 (TW) Creatief met schimmel / Quest 09-2017 Fashion destination Netherlands / Modelab #4 (FR) Aniela Hoitink / WoW Women in Wearable Tech 21-08-17 (UK) Conductive MycoTEX / E-Textile Swatchbook Exchange 2017 (FR) Fashion for good accelerator programme: websites and social media coverage
Spore of the moment: a look at the latest mushroom design trend / the National 18-07-17 (AU) E-explosion / Fibre2Fashion Vol. 5 Issue 11-06-17 (IN) Schimmels en botton / NVOX #5 cover + article Vugge til Vugge newsletter 06-17 (DK) Designer Talk / Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week 20-02-17 Wareable, Information Stream, Launch Metrics, ow-ourworld, Materia, Treehugger and other websites 2016 Aniela Hoitink, Creative Designer, Brilliant Scientist and Driven Engineer / FashNerd 09-12-16 (UK) Creating sustainable, technical clothing through biomimicry / WTIN 05-12-16 (UK) Groei je eigen jurk / TXP (TextielPlus) nr. 238 In their own words / InCompany by Attire Club issue 3 (AT) Wim Michels interview / Ei van Columbus Dynamic skin - the inspiration book / Aniela Hoitink Radical atoms / ARS Electronica 2016 catalog (AT) Dutch by design / Surface Design Journal Summer 2016 (USA) Diffused lights / E-Textile Swatchbook Exchange 2016 (FR) Textiel innovatie: jurken van schimmel / Voor de wereld van morgen 11-06-16 Schimmel om aan te trekken / het Parool 30-04-16 Is fungus the future of fashion? / Daily Mail 27-04-17 (UK) Schimmeljurk / New Scientist nr. 33 (NL & BE) Schimmeljurk is alleen om naar te kijken / NRC 18-04-16 Aniela Hoitink uses mushroom mycelium to weave dress / Designboom 01-04-16 Compost this mushroom dress next season / Discovery news 01-04-16 Aniela Hoitink creates dress from mushroom mycelium / DEZEEN 01-04-16 Netjes gekleed in schimmel / de Standaard 30-03-16 (BE) Schimmels als de echte kunstenaars in het museum / Algemeen Dagblad 07-03-16 Fashion Data / Het nieuwe Instituut Labiotech, Design Curiel, Brooklyn Fashion & Design Accelerator, Dornob, Inhabitat, Duurzaam bedrijfsleven, ufashion, Catalogodisen, ClickNL and other websites 2015 WORTH catalog (EU) Het begon met een stopcontact / I LOF IT nr. 51 Magnetic textile / E-Textile Swatchbook Exchange 2015 (FR) Mode die voor ons zorgt () / km nr. 94 Technology and fashion: crossing the intersection / Ashley Minasyan De zoektocht naar onconventionele materialen in textiel / Rowie van Westerlaak WORTH pilot project (EU) ClickNL Report Biocity NL / UNIDXD Digicult Trendhunter design, PSFK, Bright magazine, designspotter and others [websites] 2014 Rapport Draagbare technologie - Maartje Couwenberg / in opdracht van o.a. Modint, Radbout Universiteit Nijmegen Textiel en energie: een scenario / TexAlert #5-3 Energieopwekkend gordijn / Texpress #9 Fashion meets renewable energy - clothes that charge your smartphone / the Guardian 04-08-14
Changing patterns / E-Textile Swatchbook Exchange 2014 (FR) Innovation in Fashionable Technology - Vera Lentjes Charge your phone with your clothes / How it works issue 70 / Nieuw Amsterdam #4 ClickNL, Global panorama, Hit the floor, Modint and other websites 2013 Interactieve mode / VPRO gids Meer dan mode / Crossover works #1 / Smart Textiles Salon vol.3 Wetenschap 24, FastCompany, Dwarsboom, C2W and other websites 2012 Schöne neu welt - Mooie nieuwe wereld / DNHK markt 19-12-12 (DE-NL) Smart textiles / BN de Stem 21-12-12 Wandelende stroombron in elektronische kleding / Parool 20-10-12 Living wall / Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine CCAA Hall of Fame Trendhunter, Designyoutrust, PSFK and other websites 2011 Sleeping beauty / Coulture Magazine Sleeping beauty / Bang Home Sleeping beauty / Interni Panorama Sleeping beauty / Light design Interview Aniela Hoitink / Lodiko Sleeping beauty / Architectural Digest México Niets hoeft meer grijs te zijn / de Pers Playful lighting / WGSN homebuildlife Ivy Xposed / Icon Product Yearbook 2011 Gooi en Eemlander Haarlems dagblad IJmuider courant Almere Vandaag Light design, Designboom, Green diary, Designerblog, Designspotter and other websites 2010 Ivy Xposed / ONoffice Ivy Xposed / Thuisleven Ivy Xposed / Icon Ivy Xposed / Home & Living I WANT contact / Home & Living Ivy Xposed / Ons huis I WANT contact / 101 Woonideeën Gimmii, Interiorzine, Designmilk, the Coolcollector, Notcot, Curatedmag and other websites 2009 I CAN stand the rain / Gaafgoed 06-09 Brownys, Good2B, Interiorzine, Wonenonline, Modatrend and other websites 2008
Ondernemen! 2005 Link modevakblad PRESENTATIONS 2017 The future of fashion is collaboration / DRIVE Festival ClickNL 26-10-17 Introduction and workshops / AKI BIO MATTERS Artistic research program 18-10-17 Electronic circuit in textiles: workshop / WAAH MakersWorld 30-09-17 Responsible production & consumption: panel discussion / Avantex (FR) 20-09-17 NEFFA FashionTech Show / Avantex (FR) 19-09-17 Is er toekomst voor duurzame en biologisch afbreekbare kleding? Expertdag / TMO 13-09-17 Tribe Against Machine - symposium / Red Room (TW) 31-08-17 Bioplastics: workshop / Lihang workshop (TW) 19-08-17 Meet the materials: basics of etextile / SummerSchool (FR) 24-07-17 How to use the human body and behavior to develop the fashion of the future / SummerFest, Paillard Centre d Art Contemporain (FR) 22-07-17 Smocking techniques: workshop / SummerFest (FR) 22-07-17 Future Makers / Center of Expertise, Artez 14-06-17 Circular Fashion: Keynote / WUR 02-06-17 Textile innovation / Saxion ACT 01-05-17 Innovatie en design: een samenspel / Horizonverkenning textiel, Centexbel (BE) 25-04-17 Innovation in textile / Textielmuseum Tilburg 04-01-17 2016 2015 Textile as a living system / Make:Shift innovation conference, Craft Council (UK) 11-11-16 Textile as a living system / Digital Futures: E-stitches / Victoria & Albert Museum (UK) 05-11-16 Dynamic skin / Design Perron during Dutch Design Week 24-10-16 & 26-10-16 Fashion Futures workshops & presentation Neffa / Makerversity 19-10-16 Circular Fashion Show / Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week 07-10-16 Fashiontech Days / Hubmode, Roubaix (FR) 29-09-16 Impact of Design; presentation and brainstorm session / Source Firence (IT) 22-09-16 New materials & approaches for the future of fashion and textile / ARS Electronica Festival (AT) 1209-16 From fashion to innovation / Blonde Tafel Amsterdam 01-09-16 Red Light Pet Shop workshop Superfood (algae) / Waag 03-08-16 Low Countries, High Textiles network conference / Design museum, Gent (BE) 08-06-16 Textile innovation / Saxion ACT 17-05-16 Textile technology / AMFI, minor Smart Textiles Introduction to multidisciplinary working / ROCvA (lab, electro, design) Panellist Fashion & Technology / WORTH project, London College of Fashion (UK) Introduction in Bio-materials and workshop / T-ECHO-SOPHY?! Aleph + WEtec lab KABK Cyber-couture / het Nieuwe Instituut, Temporary Fashion Museum Panellist Fashion & technology, a match made in heaven? / Interlaced, Corbet place (UK) Different perspectives on the future of (circular) textile / Creative City Lab Table talk after screening documentary Schimmels / Motherboard Interior textiles for the future / Saxion ACT
Biodesign in textiles / TextielCommissie / Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde Leiden Biomimicry / Museum Jeugd Universiteit / Twentse Welle Art intervention / Coolpolitics 2014 Interdisciplinair! / AKV St. Joost Ignite / Mediamatic Amsterdam Light / Amsterdam FM [radio interview] Workshop Smocking with SMA (smart memory allow) with Isabel Cabral Daring Designers #8 / Amsterdam Fashion Week / Pakhuis de Zwijger Centexbel Textile Research Centre presentation and brainstorming (BE) What s up #66 Back to nature / Pakhuis de Zwijger AMFI / minor Smart Textiles Nerds on Stage Festival 2013 Introduction workshop Smart Textiles: LED 2012 TEDxAmsterdam Gogbot Festival Picnic Nacht van Kunst en Wetenschap Ideas waiting to Happen 2009 Indian Summer Festival 2006 Modetent #1 Trendshow / TMO Doorn Fashionshow the Letterbag / On the Brink EXHIBITIONS 2017 Do (not) feed the makers, DDW / Eindhoven Manifestations: will the future design us, DDW / Eindhoven Designers Open - Green product selection / Leipzig (DE) Green Show Room - Green product selection / Berlin (DE) Tribe Against Machine, Red Room / Taipei (TW) Lihang Workshop / Maypuwal (TW) etextile Cuvée / Paillard Centre d Art Contemporain (FR) Interzum - Green product selection / Köln (DE) Look Forward Fashion Tech festival / Paris EU Sustainable Energy Week (BE) Internet of women things / Tetem, Enschede Schimmel LAB / Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht Opening BlueCity LAB Vitrine expo, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht Alchemists of art & science / ARS Electronica Center, Linz (AT) MycoTEX user testing DS, Anastomosis, Atayal eyes MycoTEX samples MycoTEX samples Bones dress, Atayal eyes Bones dress (Dynamic skin) MycoTEX samples MycoTEX samples Dynamic skin, CMS, Dynamic skin Dynamic skin MycoTEX top, samples MycoTEX top, samples MycoTEX top
2016 Vitrine expo, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht Fungal Futures 2, Twentse Welle, Enschede Alchemists of art & science / ARS Electronica Center, Linz (AT) STW Jubileumcongres / STW, Utrecht DDW / Eindhoven Weekend van de wetenschap / CBS KNAW, Utrecht Radical atoms / ARS Electronica Festival (AT) etextile Cuvée / Paillard Centre d Art Contemporain (FR) Red Light Pet Shop expo / Waag, Amsterdam Low Countries, High Textiles / Design museum, Gent (BE) 100 years Hubrecht / CBS KNAW, Utrecht Slow Fashion & Bio sourcing / Via Henri, Amsterdam Fungal Futures, Oude Hortus / Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht TEday / Science Centre Nemo MycoTEX top, samples MycoTEX top Dynamic Skin, MycoTEX top, samples, samples Dynamic Skin MycoTEX top Peplum OLED jacket, CMS, SF MycoTEX top, Crystal collar ROCvA project 2015 WORTH Exhibition, Rook & Raven Gallery (UK) Interlaced Fashion show, Corbet place (UK) etextile Cuvée / Paillard Centre d Art Contemporain (FR) Mediamatic Textielfestival Leiden ArcInTex / Tio3 (BE) Peplum OLED jacket Chameleon mood scarf, Chameleon mood scarf MycoTEX research MycoTEX research Solar inbetween 2014 Shaping (un)common grounds / ArcInTex at TU/e Bio-me / Mediamatic Week van de Energie / Pakhuis de Zwijger Festival Analog / Grafische werkplaats, Den Haag etextile Cuvée / Paillard Centre d Art Contemporain (FR) Sioen Industries / Showroom (BE) [3 years] Museum de Kantfabriek Solar inbetween MycoTEX research Solar inbetween, Living wall Solar inbetween Ivy Xposed, I CAN stand the rain 2013 In-Fashion Science Centre Nemo [4 years] Smart Textiles Salon (BE) 2012 Dutch Design Week Pretty Smart Textiles (BE) Open Ateliers Noord Open Atelier route Abcoude Ontwerp op de weg Crystal Cave, Sleeping beauty Sleeping beauty Sleeping beauty 2010 Ontwerp op de weg Design Etalage Route / DDW the Letterbag, Ivy Xposed Ivy Xposed 2006
Nieuwe Ontwerpers the Letterbag Rotterdamse Museumnacht the Letterbag Work experience in fashion companies: May 2008 - now Clients: Gaastra, State of Art, Tommy Hilfiger Menswear, Swimwear, Bodywear, Sapph intimates, Route 66, Vintage industries, Hilfiger denim, Max n Djune, Geddes & Gillmore Freelance fashion and print designer July 2004 May 2008 Tommy Hilfiger Europe B.V. - Amsterdam, the Netherlands Print designer and colorist Sportswear men & women (stripes, checks, allovers, etc. for tops, bottoms and trimmings), Senior Menswear designer. May 2001 - April 2004 Twinlife B.V. - Leusden, the Netherlands Allround designer men s-, boys- and womenswear collection (sporty / casual brand) September 1999 - May 2001 The Sting - Amsterdam, the Netherlands Designer men s- and womenswear, artworks (various brands as O Bleu, Bien bleu, Capsize, Zidane, Paul Hallinger, Sutherland) Education 1995-1999 Academy of fine Arts Utrecht (HKU) / Fashion design 1991-1995 Vaktechnisch Lyceum Utrecht (VLU) / Fashion & clothing (technical) - Degree in Retail Business and Trade (Aantekening voor de Vestigingswet Bedrijven1954 & Aantekening Vestigingswet Detailhandel 1972) - "Detex" degree (knowledge of textiles) 1986-1991 HAVO (high school)